Gabriel Medina’s anti-gravity pose during the 2024 Olympics summer games, captured on film in Tahiti, French Polynesia, in the South Pacific Ocean, where the surfing competition is taking place, ten thousand miles away from Paris. Probably the most striking image of this summer's Olympics.
The Brazilian surfer's index finger is raised, in a "Number One" gesture, as he hovers in midair. Just a moment prior, before dismounting from his surf board, he had raised all his ten fingers, in a signal to judges to award him a perfect 10. Some did just that, and Medina came away with a score of 9.90 that marked a new Olympic record for a single wave run. Surely an iconic moment that will be remembered for decades to come.
The tableau vivant “Les Festivités" from the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony.
This artistic representation from the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony was deemed offensive by many Christians (including Malta’s archbishop Charles Scicluna) who claimed that it misrepresented the Last Supper.
However Paris Olympic’s artistic director Thomas Jolly insisted that the Last Supper was never the inspiration. Instead the inspiration for the tableau “Les Festivités" was Dionysius, "the god of celebrations and wine in Greek mythology and the father of Sequana, the goddess of the Seine River".
Does the tableau vivant really evoke the biblical scene of the Last Supper? Well, for me it absolutely does not. For one, the table is crowded with people standing up, numbering well beyond the twelve of the Last Supper. Secondly, there are no cups of wine or plates of bread anywhere. How can one see the Last Supper in this?
Joseph Gatt M'hux bħal hawn mela, għax veru qed taħraq ix-xemx.
Joseph Gatt Happy weekend to you too, Mary Jo! ❤
Mary Jo Cassar Thanks Joseph.
Mary Jo Cassar https://one.com.mt/mill-imgarr-ghal-had-dingli-fil-pellegrinagg-bil-muturi-ghall-festa-ta-santa-marija/